Lagos seizes alcoholic drinks worth N1m from motor parks

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) impounded alcoholic drinks worth N1 million during a raid on Olupese Terminal Park and Oshodi-Bolade Garages on Tuesday.

This was disclosed by LAGESC Corps Marshal, Major Olaniyi Cole (retd), at the Command Headquarters of the Agency at Bolade-Oshodi.

The move is part of efforts by the state government to mitigate the trend of alcohol consumption by commercial drivers across different parks and garages in the state, as it has been discovered to be a primary trigger for motor accidents.

According to Cole, these drinks remain banned from sale in all parks and garages of the State, and the street traders who have since been arrested will be prosecuted in accordance with the State Environmental Laws.

Cole revealed that alcohol inhibits reasoning and leaves these drivers susceptible to wrong suggestions when transiting passengers. He encouraged passengers to embrace safety by reporting commercial drivers in the habit of alcohol consumption while on duty.

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The Corps Marshal equally read the riot act to street traders and hawkers to desist from their banned activities as enshrined in the Environmental Laws of the State. He maintained that the resolve of the Agency in the war against street trading, displaying wares for sale in traffic, on walkways, setbacks, lay-bys, gutter slabs, road verges, medians, and kerbs will be sustained, and defaulters will be met with stiff opposition.

Citing the need for pedestrians in transit to embrace safety first by making use of pedestrian bridges situated across major highways in the State, Cole warned that defaulters are arrested daily by operatives of the Agency and made to face prosecution in a competent court of jurisdiction to serve as a deterrent to others.